Leucosporidiales | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Microbotryomycetes |
Order: |
Leucosporidiales J.P.Samp., M.Weiss & R.Bauer (2003) |
Family: |
Leucosporidiaceae Doweld (2001) |
Type genus | |
Leucosporidium Fell, Statzell, I.L.Hunter & Phaff (1969) |
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Genera | |
Leucosporidiella
Leucosporidium
Mastigobasidium
The Leucosporidiales are an order of fungi in the Microbotryomycetes class of the Basidiomycota. The order contains a single family, the Leucosporidiaceae, which in turn contains three genera and eight species. The order was circumscribed in 2003; the family was first described in 1981, but the naming was invalid, and subsequently redescribed in 2001.